And Streamline Your Team’s Content Marketing Strategy… — Most of us undeniably had experienced writer’s block. You spend hours trying to roll things out but there aren’t any ideas coming. You’re just staring at the blank page or maybe written a few lines already but don’t even make sense. This happened to me a lot of times before…

Five steps to creating a meaningful personal narrative — My colleague Harris Sockel and I recently facilitated a workshop about essay writing as part of Medium’s Creator Workshop Series, and we wanted to share some of the takeaways here. (The workshop was recorded, too — you can watch it here, and we’re embedding it below.) As editors at Human…

The saying “You never get a second chance to make a first impression” holds true in many situations, including your self-presentation in social media. Did you know that it takes less than two-tenths of a second for an online visitor to make an interpretation of your account? And most likely…

A quick and easy template for your solution-based content work — Content often needs to be solution-based and without a clear template, your work can quickly become a list of directives that make the reader feel you are wasting their time. Worse, they bounce off the article too quickly. You need a fast approach to pitching your solution and one that…

How to get ahead in the writing game if you’re just starting out — Starting a career as a writer isn’t much different from starting a business — it takes a lot of time and effort. In 2021, more than 570 million blogs exist on the internet, while 8 out of 10 blogs fail within the first 18 months. Every day is globally published…

Readers will be more likely to read your article fully with introductions like these — Are you tired of people viewing your article, but not actually reading it? You probably put a bunch of hard work into crafting a helpful and interesting piece, but you worry readers aren’t getting to the good stuff. …

And examples of those headlines, some reaching almost 50K views — You never really forget the moment when an article goes viral and you realize your headline helped that happen. As you watch your views go up and up, you almost can’t believe what you’re seeing. “Is this really happening to me? Am I better at this than I thought?” …